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Driver in fatal hit-and-run in Wilmington charged; 15-year-old girl ID’d
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Wilmington police have charged the man they said hit a 15-year-old girl in the city Monday morning then fled the scene.
Elijah Davis, 22, was charged with several felonies, including manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal crash, for the hit-and-run crash, which occurred just after 5 a.m. Monday. It killed Sa’riyah Patterson.
While police released few details about what occurred, Davis’ charges − which include running a red light and driving at an “unreasonable speed” − indicate he was speeding near Maryland Avenue and Lower Oak Street.
Video from a nearby business shows the car on the wrong side of the road. He was also charged with driving in a no-passing zone.
Davis, who was arrested later on Monday in Bear, is being held at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $55,000 cash bail.
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